India, Aug. 5 -- Days after small glass shards were found in the mid-day meal served to students at a municipal school in Ghatkopar, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cancelled the licence of Shruti Mahila Industrial Producers Co-operative Society Limited, the contractor that supplied the meals.

According to a statement from the FDA, the decision was taken following an inspection of the contractor's food-preparation unit. Officials allegedly found several violations of food safety rules at the unit.

Following the inspection, the food licences of Shruti Mahila Industrial Producers Co-operative Society Limited and an associated food establishment were suspended with immediate effect under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, ...